Alejandro Forigua
@AForiguaC
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🇨🇴➡️🇨🇦 • Postdoc @MoraesMcGill @McgillU • PhD alumn @TheElviraLab @UVic • Soft matter, biophysics & LOC • Foodie & craft beer enthusiast • (he/him) •
Montréal, Québec
Joined October 2018
Happy to share my first postdoc publication in Christopher Moraes' lab at @mcgillu! We discuss how biomechanical sensors in engineered tissues reveal new insights into cancer, fibrosis and clinical translation challenges. Check it out: ďż˝.
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RT @NSERC_CRSNG: 🗞️."Investigating How All-Trans Retinoic Acid Polycaprolactone (atRA-PCL) Microparticles Alter the Material Properties of….
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The presence of all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) in polycaprolactone (PCL) microparticles can promote the degradation of fibrin constructs. This highlights the need for a more careful consideration of...
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RT @TheElviraLab: Did you know that the mere presence of drug-releasing particles in 3D printed scaffolds affects the degradation of the ma….
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The presence of all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) in polycaprolactone (PCL) microparticles can promote the degradation of fibrin constructs. This highlights the need for a more careful consideration of...
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Kicking off 2025 with a paper published! This collab btw @DrWillerth & @TheElviraLab explores atRA’s effect on smart bioinks. Proud to share co-first authorship with Maria Hangad, my undergrad mentee during my PhD at @chemistryatuvic. Full paper below👇.
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The presence of all-trans retinoic acid (atRA) in polycaprolactone (PCL) microparticles can promote the degradation of fibrin constructs. This highlights the need for a more careful consideration of...
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RT @GustavMondragon: Obviously part of this great 2024 was the co-organization of @LatinXChem together with @panchajaviera, kudos to all ou….
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RT @TheElviraLab: We're hiring! If you want to learn to make microfluidic devices and artificial cells (no prior experience needed), come j….
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RT @fordycelab: Apply now -- @TheElviraLab and I are co-chairing what will be an amazing @GordonConf on #microfluidics next June in Italy!….
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RT @harv_mac: I'd like to share that my poster presentation won 1st place at the UVic Excellence in Graduate Research Symposium! Thanks to….
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RT @TIPS_SPIIE: “His passion for science, his enthusiasm for science, his positivity, it was contagious. It really was.”.—Ali Nazemi, forme….
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RT @MannersResearch: Congratulations to Harvey @harv_mac for presenting his final PhD talk at Graduate Student Research Day! @UVicScience @….
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RT @TheElviraLab: APPLY now for the @GordonConf on #Microfluidics (& GRS for postdocs & grad students) before we fill up!. Dr Amy Herr (@UC….
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RT @JinYang_vic: Thrilled to share that one of my PhD projects @chemistryatuvic has been published in @InorgChem ! Huge thanks to my superv….
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This study reports that the well-known Co(III) precursor Co(η5-Cp*)I2(CO) (1) is an effective precatalyst for dehydrocoupling reactions of phosphines. Reaction monitoring by NMR, complemented by...
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RT @CKilleen_: Interested in investigating metal-NHC reaction dynamics in real-time with mass spectrometry? Look no further than the @mcind….
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If you’re into surface science, hydrogels and droplets, come to today’s poster session (T508.b) at @MicroTas2024 - Tue Oct/15! We’re exploring artificial cells to study tissue forces. This is a collab with my colleague Christina-Marie Boghdady at @MoraesMcGill's lab @mcgillu
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RT @GustavMondragon: Our fifth edition of @LatinXChem will officially start in some minutes, and everything was possible thanks to our cate….
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RT @LatinXChem: Last call!. Today is the last day you can register to participate in #LatinXChem24, our free event in X for anybody in the….
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RT @DavidCastillaC4: Happy to share our latest review paper published in @Biomacromolecules! This review highlights how stimuli-responsive….
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Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have broad immunomodulatory properties that range from regulation, proliferation, differentiation, and immune cell activation to secreting bioactive molecules that...
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RT @LatinXinChE: Last chance to register to our 2nd Virtual Symposium! Join us TOMORROW, Wed Sep/18, for keynotes, panels, and presentation….
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RT @LatinXinChE: Registration is NOW OPEN for attendees! Join us for the 2nd Virtual Symposium of @LatinXinChE. Register to receive the zoo….
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RT @LatinXinChE: We're grateful for continuing our collaboration with @LatinXChem for bringing you the #LatinXChemEng category at the #Lati….
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